Didi's Kolkata set for 'London Eye' as part of major facelift
The government in Kolkata, once capital of British India, is to kick off plans on Tuesday to transform the congested city into a 'second London', replete with a London Eye ferris wheel.
Newly-elected
Tata steel plans low-cost 'prefab' homes for Rs 32,000
After it's Rs 1-lakh wonder car 'Nano', Tata Group is all set to launch a house for nearly Rs 32,000 aimed at rural market by the end of next year.
"At present, the housing project is in the pilot st
4 children buried alive as school wall crashes
Una, Himachal Pradesh: Four schoolchildren were buried alive and one was critically injured when the boundary wall of a village primary school caved in near this Himachal Pradesh town on Monday aftern
Five dead as building collapses
At least 5 labourers, including a woman, were killed when an under-construction building collapsed here Wednesday, police said. Around 15 labourers are feared trapped under the debris.
Police and fir
Building collapses, several trapped
Ahmedabad: Several people were trapped when a five-storey under-construction structure collapsed on the adjacent residential building here Friday morning, fire officials said.
The under-construction
Warrant against Sahara's Subrato Roy
New Delhi: A Delhi Court today issued bailable warrant against Subrato Roy, Chairman of Sahara India Group, in a case of alleged cheating and forgery in a housing project launched by his company.
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Govt strives to defuse Protest over demolition
New Delhi: The government today stepped in to defuse the crisis over demolition of a mosque in south Delhi, assuring locals that prayers will be allowed at the spot even as protestors took out a marc
Italians invent transparent cement
London: Italian architects have made transparent cement that lets light flood into a room.
The material, called i.light, has dozens of tiny holes in it, which lets light pass through it without compr
15,000 flats for Delhi slum-dwellers
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Tuesday initiated the process of allotting around 15,000 low-cost flats to make the city slum-free, an official said.
The allotment of flats, construc
Indian mines on US secret list
Washington, Dec. 6: Two little known chromite mines in Orissa and Karnataka, besides a factory in Gujarat that manufactures critical chemotherapy drugs are among global “key infrastructures” which cou